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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 259, col. 2.
    abhiyācanā Tatpur. f. (-nā) A solicitation, a request; e. g.

    Rāmāy.: satyābhiyācanaḥ śrīmānnyagrodho haritacchadaḥ. Comp.

    abhiyācñā. E. yāc with abhi, kṛt aff. yuc.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 40, col. 1.
    abhiyācanā abhi-yāc + anā, f. A

    request, at the end of the comp. adj.

    satya-abhiyācana, Fulfilling the re-

    quests (which are directed to him),

    Rām. 2, 55, 6.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 55, col. 1.
    abhiyācanā (to Skt. abhiyācati; cf. Skt. satyā-

    bhiyācana, adj., making requests true, BR s.v.), entreaty:

    Mv iii.318.14 °nāṃ viditvā; in satyābhiyācanayā Divy

    154.5 with appeal to truth = satya-vacana, q.v., Pali

    saccakiriyā, solemn declaration by the truth of something

    (in Divy spoken by Buddha in effecting a miracle; see

    154.25).